Social networking sites

I am an avid user of Facebook and Instagram but just today, I took the liberty to visit a few different mainstream social media platform, which additionally included Twitter and tumbler. Though all four are almost ubiquitous and tremendously popular social norms, there are some fundamental differences in their purposes and more so functionalities. Facebook has become the cornerstone of social media hubs. It allows you to blog by posting status updates and even record live videos for your friends. Facebook is quite multifaceted and promotes the idea of building a network. The site, though it has evolved tremendously overtime is still user friendly. Twitter, another social media norm is a site that is specific to posting status update with limited characters, so most messages are abbreviated to written in a manner that a message has certain constraints. I have a relatively favorable opinion of Twitter and I further like the fact that Twitter can be used to update Facebook statuses. Instagram is slightly different, as it is more so focused on picture content. One can still post status but it has to be attached to a photo, so there is not much flexibility to its functionality. Instagram also tends to work better on a mobile device, rather than on a computer, as the webpage based version is view only. Tumbler merges the world of blogging with that of social networking. Tumbler users post content from many different genres and subject matters. Though each of these social media platforms have their unique features, I really like the fact that many of the have interface functionalities, which allows them to be used interchangeably.